I never watched the Sopranos. Not one day.

I could not tell you one fact about the show. It was very violent and I would not allow it on the television in my home.

I know nothing about this show and I intend to know nothing. I had a life during that time that continues today.

To compare it to I Love Lucy or All in the Family or Mash is hideous. Those shows were about an entirely different aspect of human nature. Even Mash was not violent. There were no guns in Mash. There were surgical suites. Mash protested war. 

Gandolfini wanted to 'reconnect with Italian roots' (click here)

Evidently, he did.